Robot model
Bee
Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and…
- Manufacturer
- Bee
- Form factor
- wearable
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- bee.computer ↗
Overview
Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and summaries. It launched commercially at about $49.99 plus a ~$19/month subscription and was independently reviewed as functional. Amazon announced its acquisition of Bee on July 22 2025 (confirmed by CNBC), with the deal closing by January 2026; Bee has continued as a distinct Amazon product line with ongoing feature development. The registry records it at commercial maturity (now Amazon-owned, still shipping), correcting the dispatch's preliminary 'consumer-promised' label. It is part of the recurring pattern of large technology companies acquiring AI-hardware startups (Bee to Amazon, Limitless to Meta, Humane assets to HP, Mentee to Mobileye).
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 6 sources, view all
Key facts
Price
Form factor
Function
Status
Acquisition date
Specs
Notes
Battery
Pricing
Function
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
4
Web sources
1
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $50 (actual sale price)as of 2026-06-17
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$50 USDactual sale priceas of 2026-06-17
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jun 17, 2026
Deployments (1)
- Bee at Globaloperational
Bee Computer wearable AI aggregate global deployment.
Bee on the deployment map
Where Bee is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Price point recorded: $50VerifiedJun 17, 2026
Actual sale price
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Bee wearable personal AI
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Deployment-verified media (1)
Bee's introduction of its wearable personal-AI wristband. An always-on device that records what it hears unless muted; Bee was acquired by Amazon in 2025.
From deployment: Global
Safety record
No incidents on record for Bee.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://bee.computer/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-acquires-bee-the-ai-wearable-that-records-everything-you-say/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/22/amazon-ai-bee-wearable.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/why-amazon-bought-bee-an-ai-wearable/
- https://www.engadget.com/wearables/bee-has-been-busy-since-its-acquisition-by-amazon-last-year-150025311.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/24/i-tried-amazons-bee-wearable-and-am-both-intrigued-and-slightly-creeped-out/
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Common questions
- What is Bee?
- Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and summaries. It launched commercially at about $49.99 plus a ~$19/month subscription and was independently reviewed as functional. Amazon announced its acquisition of Bee on July 22 2025 (confirmed by CNBC), with the deal closing by January 2026; Bee has continued as a distinct Amazon product line with ongoing feature development. The registry records it at commercial maturity (now Amazon-owned, still shipping), correcting the dispatch's preliminary 'consumer-promised' label. It is part of the recurring pattern of large technology companies acquiring AI-hardware startups (Bee to Amazon, Limitless to Meta, Humane assets to HP, Mentee to Mobileye).
- How much does Bee cost?
- Bee is listed at $50 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
- Is Bee actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Bee is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Bee?
- Bee is made by Bee, based in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2022.
- Where is Bee deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Bee is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Global.
- Can you buy Bee?
- Bee is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
- What are alternatives to Bee?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable wearable robots to Bee include AI Pin, AirGo Vision, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame), Even G1.
- How does Bee compare to AI Pin?
- Bee and AI Pin (Humane · 1 deployment) are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. Bee has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Bee a top wearable?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Bee ranks in roughly the top 13% of wearable models tracked by the registry.
- What is Bee's maturity stage?
- Bee is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Bee safe?
- Bee has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Bee.Recent coverage
Bee in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Bee from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/bee-wearable.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/cfbba079-2e64-4bf9-ba20-818d01c126e2
- Revision history: /models/bee-wearable/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
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Reality vs attention
Bee draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the 50th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +41.4, 2nd widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026